LA LA LAND

2016 • 128 minutes

About this movie

Winner of 6 Academy Awards® including Best Director for writer-director Damien Chazelle, and winner of a record-breaking 7 Golden Globe® awards, LA LA LAND is more than the most acclaimed movie of the year—it's a cinematic treasure for the ages that you'll fall in love with again and again. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling star as Mia and Sebastian, an actress and a jazz musician pursuing their Hollywood dreams—and finding each other—in a vibrant celebration of hope, dreams, and love.

Ratings and reviews

I'm normally a fan of musicals, but this just didn't grab me at all. It was slow for the most part (with an odd, rushed ending), the songs were average and the dancing/dream sequences were dull. The jazz was the best part.They were clearly aiming for "old Hollywood" but missed it. I think Ryan and Emma did their best with what they were working with. Two actors trying to fill a big, empty movie.

A fun movie, which peaks at the very cheeky start. About halfway, the suprise dinner scene ruins it. Apparently an uncreative writer takes over, and fills the remainder of the movie of dull cliche irrationalities. What started as a comedy ends up as a mindless uninspired drama. It's worth watching once if you're watching a movie a week.

What an uninspiring collection of cliches. Gilding it with a saccharine score didn't make it any more palatable. I'm guessing it was a bad year at the Oscars if it got so many nominations.